Established in 1875, and counting now over half a million objects in its collections, the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich is Switzerland's leading museum for design and visual communication.
Architecture
The Museum für Gestaltung moved into its current building on Ausstellungsstrasse in 1933. It was designed by Swiss architects Karl Egender and Adolf Steger, winners of the architectural competition held in two rounds between 1925 and 1927, and is considered Zurich's first public building in the New Objectivity style. The original typography by graphic designer Ernst Keller is still used for the large letters announcing the "Museum für Gestaltung". The lobby with the museum ticket counter and a cafeteria is visible from the outside through the fully glazed entrance front.
museum building designed by Karl Egender and Adolf Steger with typography by Ernst Keller
The main exhibition room has a basilica-like cross-section with a two story high center section. A gallery on the second floor allows views into the exhibition room from all sides. Swiss furniture here and in the "Swiss Design Lounge" invite to experience these classics.
museum gallery
The orange-beige-brown tiles in the corridors are still original. Large poster exhibitions are generally shown in the hallways.
main staircase
poster exhibition in the hallway
Current exhibition(s)
Oliviero Toscani: Photography and Provocation
2024-04-12 - 2025-01-05
During the exhibition "Oliviero Toscani: Photography and Provocation," large-scale prints were displayed from floor to ceiling in the two-story high exhibition hall.
Oliviero Toscani: Photography and Provocation
Oliviero Toscani: Photography and Provocation
Museum für Gestaltung manages two other exhibition spaces in Zürich, one inside the Toni Areal and Pavillon Le Corbusier.
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